Louise Almon

b. 1958, Port St. Johns, South Africa; lives in Kalk Bay.
Louise Almon is a painter who studied art at Rhodes University and the University of Cape Town. She was a founder member of the Imvaba Arts Association and worked from the Lilian Road Studios in Johannesburg for fifteen years. Her paintings are figurative with expressive qualities.

Gallery
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Textile Workers, 1981. Oil on board, 100 x 750 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

MAWU - Metal and Allied Workers Union mural, 1982. Oil on board triptych mural (NUMSA Newtown offices), 140 x 360 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

FAWU - Food and Allied Workers Union mural, Pinetown offices, 1983. Oil on board, Triptych 160 x 360 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

The train, 1987. Oil on board, 95 x 150 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Figure, 2017. Monotype on paper, 100 x 45 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Mural for Ronnie Kasrils, 2016. Oil on canvas, 120 x 160 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Construction workers, 1987. Oil on board, 120 x 140 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Upheaval, 2016. Monoprint on paper, 30 x 30 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

Sidewalk, 2012. Oil on canvas 70 x 85 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

On the Street, 2013. Oil on canvas, 65 x 150 cm. (Image courtesy of the artist).

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Education

1977 – 1980: Bachelor of Arts, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
1975 – 1976: School of Fine Art, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.

Solo Exhibitions (South Africa)

2017: Present in Absence, Candice Berman Gallery, Cape Town.

Group Exhibitions (South Africa)

2017: Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg.
2016: Turbine Art Fair, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg.
2016: That Art Fair, The Palms, Cape Town.
2016: KKNK Arts Festival, Candice Berman Gallery, Oudtshoorn
2015: Turbine Art Fair, Candice Berman Gallery, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg.
2015: Cache III, In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg.
2014: Turbine Art Fair, Candice Berman Gallery, Turbine Hall, Johannesburg.
2014: Hodgins House, Johannesburg.
2012: In Toto Gallery, Johannesburg
2010: Decade, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg.
2009: Lilian Road Studios, Johannesburg.
2009: Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg.
2008: Cuyler Street Gallery, Port Elizabeth.
2007: Stewart Gallery, Johannesburg.
2006: Stewart Gallery, Johannesburg.
2005: Generations, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg.
2002: Facets, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs @ Bamboo, Johannesburg.
2002: Allsorts, Carol Lee Fine Art, Upstairs @ Bamboo, Johannesburg.
2002: Canvas and Clay, Admiralty Gallery, Port Elizabeth.
1998: King George VI Art Gallery, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth.
1997: Pro Arte exhibition, Robertson.
1989: Imvaba Arts Exhibition, Korsten Trade Union Offices, Port Elizabeth.

Group Exhibitions (International)

2016: START Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London.
2002: Contemporary South African Art, London.
2010: Myerson Art, London.
1990: Zabalaza Arts Festival, London.
1990: Art from South Africa,  Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.

Residencies

2012: Cite International des Arts, Paris.

Public Works

1994 – 1996: Aids murals, commissioned in Port Elizabeth
1991: The Worker and Yellow Crane, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University permanent collection, Port Elizabeth.
1991: Memories of 1985, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University permanent collection, Port Elizabeth.
1985: Mural for Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU).
1985: COSATU emblem.
1985 – 1994: Various murals and banners as part of the  Imvaba Arts Mural Grouper. (These are now part of the Mayibuye Collection of the University of the Western Cape, housed at the Robben Island Museum.)

Links

http://www.louisealmon.co.za/

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